[En]Ashayer is a photographic epic about the nomads who inhabit the landscape of ancient Persia and Central Asia. Inspired by a first trip to the Asian continent which resulted in the book 56 000 kilometers - man and a continent, Kares Le Roy went back East again and immersed himself into the tribal world during a 16-months journey driving a van. The photographer shared the daily life and seasonal migration of different ethnic groups who live on in these regions. With Ashayer - nomads in Persian - he delivers the fruit of an expedition from France to Afghanistan via Iran. One vibrant testimony of a culture that tends to disappear in the far corners of the world.

This two-angle-hat of the Qashqai men is made of camel hair. Its crown-like shape implies that each Qashqai is his own king / Ce chapeau à deux angles a la forme d’une couronne signifiant que chaque Qashqai est son propre roi | IRAN

Sar Agha Seyyed is an old village with extraordinary architecture inhabited by over 2000 Bakhtiaris who have become sedentary / Vieux village à l’architecture exceptionnelle, Sar Agha Seyyed est habité par plus de 2000 Barthiaris sédentarisés | IRAN

Important place of pilgrimage from the 12th century, the mausoleum of Muhammad Ibn Zayd differs from the others due to its ex-voto of shamanic origin. On a tree we can see pieces of cloth which are offerings to a god either in the hopes of a blessing, or as proof of gratitude for a blessing that already happened / Haut lieu de pèlerinage datant du XIIe siècle, le mausolée de Mohamed Ibn Zeid se distingue par la présence d’ex-voto d’origine chamanique. Sur un arbre sont accrochés des tissus ; offrandes à un dieu en demande d’une grâce ou en remerciement d’une grâce obtenue | TURKMENISTAN

The Turabek Khanum funeral mosque dates back to Tamerlane (14th century). It is one of the rare architectural marvels still standing in the Khorezm region / La mosquée funéraire de Turabeg Khanoum date du siècle de Tamerlan (XIVe) | TURKMENISTAN

Hunting scenes during winter in Kirgizstan. It is -25°C in Bokonbayevo, but that doesn’t keep the falconers from hunting wolves and foxes. Hunters from one generation to the next, the boys follow their fathers with a falcon on their arm. Here is Azim, 10 years old and proud despite the cold. On his left is his father Talgarbek, 39 years old, carrying Toumara, a female eagle with a wingspan of almost two meters | KYRGYZSTAN

Wakhi portrait in Sarhad, the last reachable village if you’re driving. That's the starting point of a nine-day-long trek that takes you to the Kyrgyz nomads at the very end of the Corridor / Portraits Whakhi à Sarhad, dernier village accessible en véhicule. C'est le point de départ d’un trek de neuf jours pour rejoindre les nomades kirghizes au fond du corridor | AFGHANISTAN

In Langar you can see ibex horns and pieces of cloth, which could have been used for pre-Islamic rituals or linked to Ismaili faith / Entre rite préislamique et foi ismaélienne, des cornes d’ibex et des tissus flottent au vent à Langar | AFGHANISTAN